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Olive Tree’s Bible App makes Strong’s numbers easy and powerful. Tap on a word or Strong’s number in the text and open the related dictionary information in a new screen, split screen, or pop-up window, depending on your device and settings.
The well-known Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance lists all the significant words in the Bible and references each word to the original Hebrew and Greek languages. The concordance was first published in 1890 by Dr. James Strong, whose life’s work was to provide students of the Bible with an accurate and functional tool to understand the Bible’s original language. He and others worked on the list for 35 years without the aid of today’s technology. Dr. Strong’s work is still universally recognized as one of the essential aids for studying the Bible.
The KJV Word Study Bible includes 1,700 easy-to-use word studies with select Hebrew, Aramaic and Greek words explained in every chapter from Genesis to Revelation, helping you dig deeper into your Bible study. By looking into these ancient texts we are able to read scripture as it was originally written and passed on from generation to generation, bringing these words to life and allowing you to almost hear Jesus teaching on the hillside or crying out to God on the cross. As you study you will discover the richness and significance of the original languages of the Word of God and experience scripture in a whole new way.
The Bible’s initial languages of Greek and Hebrew are available for you with the Complete Word Study Bibleby AMG—a landmark work of forty-six years of scholarship by its editor, Dr. Spiros Zodhiates. This set of resources equips any dedicated Bible reader to go deeper into God’s word via study of the Greek and Hebrew languages.
The Complete Word Study Bible New Testament and Old Testament each have a lexicon counterpart, each of which contains hyperlinks to Strong’s Numbers and grammar—allowing you to discover New Testament Greek words and Old Testament Hebrew words as you desire. These innovative, ground-breaking volumes include complete research information per volume. Read the King James Versionas it becomes animated with vital Greek and Hebrew meanings.
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Stress runs rampant in the world today. Our friends become overwhelmed and anxious about factors including but not limited to, their homelife, marital relationships, a hostile work environment or uncomfortable social settings. Anxiety causes our hearts to become heavy and often leads to depression. We must continue to build one another up in times of uncertainty. Encouragement and prayer will renew our spirits and bring to light God’s unfailing love.
Dear God, help us to encourage our friends with conversation and prayer to renew their spirits. Please reveal Your unfailing love in times of uncertainty. In Jesus’ Name, Amen.
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When did the Holy Spirit decide to anoint leaders in the Old Testament? How was this done and for what purpose? These are questions that John MacArthur addresses in this excerpt from the MacArthur Bible Commentary.
Old Testament Israel had mediators who stood between God and His people. To empower the OT mediators, the Holy Spirit gave special administrative ability to carry out the management of the nation and military skills which enabled them to defeat the theocracy’s enemies. The Lord first anointed Moses with this ministry of the Spirit and then, in a truly dramatic scene, took some of this ministry of the Spirit and shared it with the seventy elders. Thus they were enabled to help Moses administer Israel.
Also, Joshua, the judges, and the kings of united Israel and the southern kingdom were anointed with this special ministry of the Spirit. When the Spirit of the Lord came upon King Saul, for example, he was in effect given “another heart.” This does not mean that he was regenerated at this point in his life, but that he was given skills to be a king. Later, the theocratic anointing was taken from Saul and given to David. Saul, from that time on, became a totally incapable leader.
King David, no doubt, had this special ministry of the Spirit in mind with his prayer of repentance in Psalm 51. He was not afraid of losing his salvation when he prayed, “do not take your Holy Spirit from me” (Ps. 51:11), but rather was concerned that God would remove this spiritual wisdom and administrative skill from him. David had earlier seen such a tragedy in the life of Saul when that king of Israel lost the anointing of the Holy Spirit. David was, thus, pleading with God not to remove His hand of guidance.
King Solomon also perceived his youthful inabilities at the beginning of his reign and requested God to give him special wisdom in administering Israel. God was pleased with this request and granted an extra measure of wisdom to the young man. Although the OT is silent in this regard about the kings who succeeded Solomon, the theocratic anointing of the Spirit likely came on all of the descendants of David in connection with the Davidic covenant.
When the theocracy went out of existence as Judah was carried away into captivity, and the last Davidic king was disempowered, the theocratic anointingwas no longer given. The kings of the northern tribes, on the other hand, being essentially apostate and not in the Davidic line, never had the benefit of this special ministry of the Spirit.
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